so-soContinuing on my quest to gently wade into some general readings on philosophy before going for the hard-hitting texts at some point (hopefully within the decade ?). The premise for this is that key philosophical concepts are explained in bite-sized nuggets in 30 seconds, but this was way too vague & the style of writing was aggravating. The "metaphorical image" accompanying each concept have captions that are basically just extreme Dad Jokes.
GingerAntics Ugh. Would you like to join the Dead Philosophers Society?! 2y
Graywacke Maybe check out the Oxford Press Very Short Introduction series… ??![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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Philosophy: A Very Short Introductionbatsy @GingerAntics Thanks for the invite! Do you have a reading list already worked out or do you guys pick books as you go along? I'm in way too many reading groups on Litsy 😅 but I'd love to join in if I'm able to for a particular month. 2y
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batsy @Graywacke Yes, I think that series of books is much better based on experience with some other titles. Will look for the philosophy title 🙂 2y
GingerAntics @batsy we actually go by the length of the books, not by month. We had the next two books picked, but we didn‘t like Tao of Pooh so much we‘re passing on Te of Piglet. We‘re going to decide on our next book this week or next. Originally, the next book after Pooh and Piglet wasHow the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy 2y
How the World Thinks: A Global History of PhilosophyHamlet @batsy You might check out “Sophie‘s World” by Josten Gaarder. It‘s playful novel that gives a great introduction to many, many philosophers. 2y
batsy @GingerAntics That one looks good! Dense but really interesting. 2y
batsy @Hamlet Yes! I really enjoyed it. The book that kicked off my philosophy obsession and had me taking as many phil courses as I could at uni 😁 2y